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OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0812-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-05-30 12:05 - Updated: 2021-05-30 12:05

Summary

Security update for libxls

Notes

Title of the patch

Security update for libxls

Description of the patch

This update for libxls fixes the following issues: libxsl was updated to release 1.6.2: * Fix NULL pointer dereferences in the xls2csv tool [boo#1179532] [CVE-2020-27819] Update to release 1.6.1 * Enabled decoding of non-Unicode character sets in older (BIFF5) XLS files. * Improved string conversion performance in newer files. update to 1.5.3: * Allow truncated XLS files * Fix long-standing 'extra column' bug #73 * Support for RSTRING records (rich-text cells in older BIFF5 files) tidyverse/readxl#611

Patchnames

openSUSE-2021-812

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CVE-2020-27819 (GCVE-0-2020-27819)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-23 03:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:25

Summary

An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-476

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903296

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	libxls	Affected: libxls before 1.6.2

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0812-1

CVE-2020-27819 (GCVE-0-2020-27819)

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